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Doesn't matter if it is rented or owned, flat or house.  For the record, my place is below 700 sq. feet. 

I assume you mean size of the building... not the property, correct?

Quote from: Caliga on December 21, 2009, 08:27:12 PM
I assume you mean size of the building... not the property, correct?

Yeah, the part of the building where you live in, not the size of the land lot. 

Actually, that will make an even more depressing poll  :lol:

Ok, 2,001 to 6,000 sq. feet then.  :)

In case you're curious, the size of my entire property is 152,460 square feet, give or take (I think it might be 3.47 acres to be exact). :smoke:

Floorspace right?

34 square meters  -_-  I.e. not even half of 700 sq. ft. But I'm a student and it's in a nice part of Stockholm, so I'm very happy with it.

In HK, there are many different ways to calculate the size of a flat.  These matter hugely.  The usual figures quoted by the developers and real estate agents are called "construction sizes".  This is also the figure that will appear in the legal documents.  The catch is, they include many areas that the owners/users cannot, well, use.  A housing estate contains many semi-public or shared areas that are accessible to all owners, e.g. lift lobbies, corridors, machine rooms, access roads, garbage rooms, security rooms, etc etc.  The "construction size" includes the owner's share of these areas.  To illustrate, if all the semi-public areas in the housing estate add up to 100,000 sq. feet, and there are 100 flats of equal sizes in the estate, then the size of each flat will include 100 sq. feet of the shared areas.  So even if legally your flat is 400 sq. feet large, the actual size of the area accessible to you is 300. 

Another thing that "construction size" includes is the width of the walls.  In the above example, some 30-40 square feet may actually be walls that separate your unit from your neighbour's, or walls that separate your living room and your bedroom (that cannot be removed because they provide essential support to the high rise building).  Say, if the wall that separates your unit and your neighbour's is 10 feet long and 1 foot thick, then the wall has an area of 10 sq. feet.  Then half of that, or 5 sq. feet, will be included in the size of your flat.  Keep in mind that there are many walls surrounding each flat.  So the actual size of your flat is perhaps 270 sq. feet.

A third trick is like this.  In HK, air-conditioning is a must.  The machines are placed just outside the windows.  There is usually a ledge covering that part inside the flat.  Yes, that window ledge is included in the construction size.  It is an area that is accessible to the owners, but this area is uaually 1-2 feet higher than the floor.  You can place TVs or other crap on the ledge, but you cannot place a sofa on it.  Out of the 270 sq. feet, some 20-30 feet maybe window ledge areas. 

So when the developers say you have to pay 5 million dollars for a 400 sq. feet place, you have to keep the above things in mind - that in the end you may only have 250. 

Quote from: Viking on December 21, 2009, 09:04:50 PM
Floorspace right?

yes.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 21, 2009, 09:20:36 PM
So when the developers say you have to pay 5 million dollars for a 400 sq. feet place

:bleeding: ^ :bleeding: power

I am in the 2,000 - 6,000 range.

Quote from: Caliga on December 21, 2009, 09:22:02 PM

Quote from: Monoriu on December 21, 2009, 09:20:36 PM
So when the developers say you have to pay 5 million dollars for a 400 sq. feet place

:bleeding: ^ :bleeding: power

I mean 5 million in HK$, which is about 650k in US$.  Which is what a new flat in a pretty good area will cost these days. 

I don't know.  I've never seen it on an advert to be honest.  May be more common when you go to buying a house.

I honestly have no idea. It's a loft apartment, so it's pretty spacious for one person, and has a nice high ceiling.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 21, 2009, 09:20:36 PM
A third trick is like this.  In HK, air-conditioning is a must.  The machines are placed just outside the windows.  There is usually a ledge covering that part inside the flat.  Yes, that window ledge is included in the construction size.  It is an area that is accessible to the owners, but this area is uaually 1-2 feet higher than the floor.  You can place TVs or other crap on the ledge, but you cannot place a sofa on it.  Out of the 270 sq. feet, some 20-30 feet maybe window ledge areas. 

I don't know, if I lived in HK, I'd probably be using the ledge, at least once.

1201-2000. 

Somewhere around 800 sq ft (about a 20' x 40' floor plan).

Primary residence 3000 sf on one acre. Secondary residence 3000 sf on one quater acre. Vacation homes 2000 sf each on 4 acres. Boat 420sf and I claim all navigable waters of the western hemisphere.

Quote from: Rasputin on December 21, 2009, 11:22:08 PM
Primary residence 3000 sf on one acre. Secondary residence 3000 sf on one quater acre. Vacation homes 2000 sf each on 4 acres. Boat 420sf and I claim all navigable waters of the western hemisphere.

:worthy:

I have no idea, and suspect any guess would be way off. :blush:

Place is small, as most of the lot is yard.

1400 sq. ft.

128 sq m whats that in happy feet? :D

V

Quote from: Valdemar on December 22, 2009, 02:41:27 AM
128 sq m whats that in happy feet? :D

V

A quick rule of thumb is 1 sq m = 10 sq feet.

Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

And it's in Poland to boot!
:nelson:

I measured this quite recently (it's not usually known in the UK) and got 1,600 sq ft.

Quote from: katmai on December 22, 2009, 02:52:36 AM

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

And it's in Poland to boot!
:nelson:

But it is in a very good location (if Warsaw was New York it would be Manhattan :P) and it's paid for in full. :P

Since I don't plan on expanding into the wife-and-kids business anytime soon, I don't really need anything bigger.

40 m², which should be ca. 430 ft²

For conversion:
http://www.escapeartist.com/Conversions/Square_Meters_Square_Feet.html

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Invade your neighbours for some more Lebensraum.  ;)

About 2700-3000 sq. feet of living space. The house is even bigger because there is also a shop located in it.

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:55:50 AM

Quote from: katmai on December 22, 2009, 02:52:36 AM

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

And it's in Poland to boot!
:nelson:

But it is in a very good location (if Warsaw was New York it would be Manhattan :P) and it's paid for in full. :P

Since I don't plan on expanding into the wife-and-kids business anytime soon, I don't really need anything bigger.

If Warsaw was New York it would have Jews in it.

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

More than enough for a person living on his own. My first flat on my own was around 30 sq m, small by anyone's standard but enough for just one person. Nowadays I live in a 120sq m appartment and I think it's way too much.

There's no "I don't know" option. In the UK we judge size purely on the number of rooms, especially bedrooms. So mine is "two bed flat" size.

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Got to say Mart, your place is pretty tiny for a well-off bachelor. It's what we'd call a studio over here as  the bedroom, living room and kitchen aren't closed off from each other. Buy next door and knock through, impress your conquests with your domain, profit!

The poll choices suck, as my place of 1,185 sq ft is thrown in with Eurotype/Chinky 700 sq ft shoe boxes.

And I claim two parking spots, dammit.

A large studio, I assume under 700.  It's actually a bit too big for me.  Have a great view from my balcony though as no other tall buildings in between me and the river so I don't want to move.

Quote from: DisturbedPervert on December 22, 2009, 06:45:37 AM
A large studio, I assume under 700.  It's actually a bit too big for me.  Have a great view from my balcony though as no other tall buildings in between me and the river so I don't want to move.

:( I used to have a wide-open view of the Hudson from my studio.  Since I moved in, three tall shitboxes got built between my view and the Hudson, so now I have maybe 25% of my old view.  The rest is taken up by the god-awful green glass that for some odd reason are the in thing for the walls of the tall buildings.   :(

No idea.

Quote from: DGuller on December 22, 2009, 06:51:52 AM
:( I used to have a wide-open view of the Hudson from my studio.  Since I moved in, three tall shitboxes got built between my view and the Hudson, so now I have maybe 25% of my old view.  The rest is taken up by the god-awful green glass that for some odd reason are the in thing for the walls of the tall buildings.   :(

Definitely one of the downsides of living in or investing in many apartments in an urban area.  Can never be sure some developer won't buy the property next door and put up a building so you can't see anything. 

The big question is how many people are living in the space, so a better poll might be space/people.

Around 6000 sq/ft.

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Dude, that's tiny.  My rooms are barely navigable and I have nowhere near enough space in the kitchen to do the kind of stuff I want to do... about the only thing adding to my size is a 9' x 9' office next to my bedroom.

Quote from: Brazen on December 22, 2009, 05:53:46 AM

Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2009, 02:51:34 AM
Wow you people live in a lot of space. My flat is rather small - 50 sq. metres. It has a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Got to say Mart, your place is pretty tiny for a well-off bachelor.

I live in a similar place (the only room with its own door is the bathroom) and I can't see why I would want anything bigger. It's just perfect for a bachelor. More rooms would just mean more shit to clean (or rather more time for the cleaning lady to do so - ergo less money for me).

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

The 6,000+ option is intended for you :contract:

Nigga needs all that space... at the rate he's going, he'll have his own reality show soon: "Ed and Lolita Plus Eight".

To be honest, I don't find my flat too small, especially now after I installed a big set of shelves/closets on one wall of my living room, which means I can safely tuck away all the shit that used to be standing/hanging around my flat before. I guess I could use another small room for stuff like storage, ironing etc. but it is not a must. My neighbours are both single women in their late 50s/early 60s, which makes it hard to expand - since they are too old to move, but not old enough to die. :P

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 22, 2009, 06:34:59 AM
The poll choices suck, as my place of 1,185 sq ft is thrown in with Eurotype/Chinky 700 sq ft shoe boxes.

And I claim two parking spots, dammit.

This.  :mad:

We're somewhere between 1100 sq ft and 1200 sq ft. for a family of six. Any bigger and we'd never see the kids nor get the damn house clean. Any smaller and we wouldn't fit. I wouldn't mind an extra bedroom, but I really don't see the need for a larger house. Given the fact that I have many collectors in my house, it would simply lead to more crap to take care of.   <_<

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 08:58:40 AM
Nigga needs all that space... at the rate he's going, he'll have his own reality show soon: "Ed and Lolita Plus Eight".

Did you just compare me to Jon "Mediocre Trim" Gosselin?  :mad:

:yes:

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 09:49:43 AM
:yes:

it hurts you know. I'm just trying to raise a good christian family and you people with your insults.

*sob*

Actually, I'm even more insulted that you compared my wife to Kate the psychobitch. We didn't need no fertility drugs.

Quote from: Brazen on December 22, 2009, 05:52:09 AM
There's no "I don't know" option. In the UK we judge size purely on the number of rooms, especially bedrooms. So mine is "two bed flat" size.

Estimate it then.  Or better, measure it now.  It isn't that difficult to do a quick survey, especially if you have floor tiles.  Just measure the area of a floor tile, and guess how many floor tiles there are in each room.  Add them all up and vola. 

Supposedly 900 square feet in a 2 bedroom apartment. It doesn't feel that big, with 2 people and 2 cats running around.

I dunno, 2 bedrooms, other stuff - just an apartment for a bachelor. More than big enough.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 10:12:03 AM
Estimate it then.  Or better, measure it now.  It isn't that difficult to do a quick survey, especially if you have floor tiles.  Just measure the area of a floor tile, and guess how many floor tiles there are in each room.  Add them all up and vola.

Mono is HOTT when he gets all bossy. :perv:

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 10:38:17 AM

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 10:12:03 AM
Estimate it then.  Or better, measure it now.  It isn't that difficult to do a quick survey, especially if you have floor tiles.  Just measure the area of a floor tile, and guess how many floor tiles there are in each room.  Add them all up and vola.

Mono is HOTT when he gets all bossy. :perv:

He reminds me of the Japanese Colonel in Bridge over the River Kwai.

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 10:38:17 AM

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 10:12:03 AM
Estimate it then.  Or better, measure it now.  It isn't that difficult to do a quick survey, especially if you have floor tiles.  Just measure the area of a floor tile, and guess how many floor tiles there are in each room.  Add them all up and vola.

Mono is HOTT when he gets all bossy. :perv:

:blush:

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 10:12:03 AM
Estimate it then.  Or better, measure it now.  It isn't that difficult to do a quick survey, especially if you have floor tiles.  Just measure the area of a floor tile, and guess how many floor tiles there are in each room.  Add them all up and vola.

Yeah, like I've got nothing better to do  :rolleyes:

Also, cold country = carpet not tiles.

Also s/vola/voila.

Quote from: Brazen on December 22, 2009, 10:48:13 AM

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 10:12:03 AM
Estimate it then.  Or better, measure it now.  It isn't that difficult to do a quick survey, especially if you have floor tiles.  Just measure the area of a floor tile, and guess how many floor tiles there are in each room.  Add them all up and vola.

Yeah, like I've got nothing better to do  :rolleyes:

Also, cold country = carpet not tiles.

Also s/vola/voila.

Alright alright, so I said something stupid.  Forget it. 

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

wow; that's a lot of house

have you found a use for all the space or do you have unfurnished rooms for future development?

Quote from: Rasputin on December 22, 2009, 10:49:57 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

wow; that's a lot of house

have you found a use for all the space or do you have unfurnished rooms for future development?

about half the bedrooms are empty, and chunks of the house don't get much use.

I bought it in case of future need and the previous owners really, really wanted to sell and I got it cheap.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 10:58:07 AM
about half the bedrooms are empty, and chunks of the house don't get much use.

Traditionally, you should call those bits the East Wing and keep insane relatives there.

Probably bit off more than they could chew.  That was the name of the game toward the end of the housing bubble.

When we were getting ready to move down here, we looked at a house in Prospect, KY that was IIRC 4800 sq. feet.  It had a very odd layout that I really liked--there were tons of rooms, many of them smallish (probably 25 rooms altogether) and in the basement, which was absolutely sprawling... some of them were in odd places, almost like they were designed to be secret rooms concealed with bookshelves or something.  I kind of wondered if Ed Gein had commissioned its construction.  :menace:

Anyway, we couldn't believe how cheap it was till we heard the owner was trying desperately to unload it before they got foreclosed on.  Ultimately we passed on it because because it had some sort of septic issue and the yard was, like, a swamp.  I guess we could have fixed it, but with so much excess housing inventory on the market, why bother with it?

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 10:58:07 AM
about half the bedrooms are empty, and chunks of the house don't get much use.

I've got two excess bedrooms and they're full to the ceiling with junk. :blush:

One of the bedrooms has a full set of furniture and we actually cleaned it out so my parents could use it when they came to visit, but as soon as they left, the piles of laundry and other crap returned.  The bed is: no longer visible. :ph34r:

I'd give Brazen's flat about 600-700 sq. feet.

Quote from: Brazen on December 22, 2009, 11:02:02 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 10:58:07 AM
about half the bedrooms are empty, and chunks of the house don't get much use.

Traditionally, you should call those bits the East Wing and keep insane relatives there.

Ick, no relatives allowed.

I do have a sexitorioum.

Fear not, the way he is reproducing they will be filled up by 2012.

About 2000. And 5000 above sea level.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 09:53:45 AM
Actually, I'm even more insulted that you compared my wife to Kate the psychobitch. We didn't need no fertility drugs.

There's no shame in using fertility drugs. :angry:

Quote from: katmai on December 22, 2009, 11:25:28 AM
Fear not, the way he is reproducing they will be filled up by 2012.

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Quote from: Barrister on December 22, 2009, 11:45:23 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 09:53:45 AM
Actually, I'm even more insulted that you compared my wife to Kate the psychobitch. We didn't need no fertility drugs.

There's no shame in using fertility drugs. :angry:

I didn't say there was.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 11:45:58 AM

Quote from: Barrister on December 22, 2009, 11:45:23 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 09:53:45 AM
Actually, I'm even more insulted that you compared my wife to Kate the psychobitch. We didn't need no fertility drugs.

There's no shame in using fertility drugs. :angry:

I didn't say there was.

Oh.  Well, good then.

<_<

This place is something like 1100 sq. feet.

Edit:  Er...maybe 1200?  This feels like something I should know.  Heh.

I am slightly surprised by the results so far.  I would have expected more people to vote the 2000+ options. 

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 07:11:09 PM
I am slightly surprised by the results so far.  I would have expected more people to vote the 2000+ options.

You seem to be forgetting that a significant percentage (perhaps a majority) of the board's population lives in Europe.

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 07:15:43 PM

You seem to be forgetting that a significant percentage (perhaps a majority) of the board's population lives in Europe.

I think my problem is that I thought the living conditions in Europe are similar to North America.

700-1,200 sq. feet
The exact measurment is actually somewhere around like guesstimated 900something.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 07:17:49 PM

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 07:15:43 PM

You seem to be forgetting that a significant percentage (perhaps a majority) of the board's population lives in Europe.

I think my problem is that I thought the living conditions in Europe are similar to North America.

Living conditions are similar, but average sizes are definitely smaller.

And 2000+ sq ft is really really big.  My house is something like 1500 or so.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 07:17:49 PM

Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 07:15:43 PM

You seem to be forgetting that a significant percentage (perhaps a majority) of the board's population lives in Europe.

I think my problem is that I thought the living conditions in Europe are similar to North America.

If you remember the first poll, it showed that a majority of ROTWers lived in appartments, while Americans lived in houses. It's definitely easier to get the sizes you look for in houses rather than in appartments.

My 2 bedrooms appartment is 1019 feet.

Around here, that's pretty good for a 2 bedroom.

Quote from: Grey Fox on December 22, 2009, 09:41:25 PM
My 2 bedrooms appartment is 1019 feet.

Around here, that's pretty good for a 2 bedroom.

Yeah, it is very odd for a 1,000 sq. feet flat to be divided into 2 bedrooms. In HK, that's almost certainly a 3 or even a 4 bedroom room flat.  My in laws have a flat with 4 bedrooms, and all they have is 700 sq. feet.

My house is 1780 sq feet and I have three bedrooms.

270 square meters, around 2900 square feet.
Four bedrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, three bathrooms.

L.

Quote from: Monoriu on December 22, 2009, 09:44:02 PM

Quote from: Grey Fox on December 22, 2009, 09:41:25 PM
My 2 bedrooms appartment is 1019 feet.

Around here, that's pretty good for a 2 bedroom.

Yeah, it is very odd for a 1,000 sq. feet flat to be divided into 2 bedrooms. In HK, that's almost certainly a 3 or even a 4 bedroom room flat.  My in laws have a flat with 4 bedrooms, and all they have is 700 sq. feet.

My 120 sq m flat also has two very roomy bedrooms. The original floorplan had 3 bedrooms, but the previous owner liked big bedrooms so he axed one of them and increased the size of the other two at its expense. The kitchen is also huge, I think my previous appartment could fit fully in there.

Quote from: Pedrito on December 23, 2009, 04:08:34 AM
270 square meters, around 2900 square feet.
Four bedrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, three bathrooms.

L.

:cool: So is that a house then?  I seem to recall seeing American-style subdivisions in certain areas of Italy when I was there... I want to say this was outside of Milan, but can't remember for sure.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

What a dick.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 23, 2009, 06:41:30 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

What a dick.

Ed Anger is my idol because of his house :worthy:

I believe Pete owns more actual real estate, so if you want to tackily worship someone, it ought to be him. -_-

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
I believe Pete owns more actual real estate, so if you want to tackily worship someone, it ought to be him. -_-

I worship both  :)

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
I believe Pete owns more actual real estate, so if you want to tackily worship someone, it ought to be him. -_-

I believe he does. Plus he makes more money. A good portion of my cash is from an injury settlement(the American way!).

And he's got a boat. Fucker has a navy.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 23, 2009, 06:41:30 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

What a dick.

Clearly compensating for something.

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 11:04:34 AM
I believe Pete owns more actual real estate, so if you want to tackily worship someone, it ought to be him. -_-

:shifty:

Quote from: Syt on December 23, 2009, 11:09:57 AM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 23, 2009, 06:41:30 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 22, 2009, 08:05:46 AM
Around 6000 sq/ft.

What a dick.

Clearly compensating for something.

That is the harkonnen levitation device. It compensates for the bum leg.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2009, 11:08:21 AM
A good portion of my cash is from an injury settlement(the American way!).

And he's got a boat. Fucker has a navy.

I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, also, I have a boat.  Mono: worship me PLZ.

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 12:20:01 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2009, 11:08:21 AM
A good portion of my cash is from an injury settlement(the American way!).

And he's got a boat. Fucker has a navy.

I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, also, I have a boat.  Mono: worship me PLZ.

So do I. :Canuck:

My condo is 750 sq. feet and the house we're building is going to be just over 2000 sq. feet.  Exciting stuff.

I am master of all that I survey. Mostly because it's pitch black outside now.

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 12:20:01 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2009, 11:08:21 AM
A good portion of my cash is from an injury settlement(the American way!).

And he's got a boat. Fucker has a navy.

I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, also, I have a boat.  Mono: worship me PLZ.

Paddle boats don't count.

My boat can do thirty knots.  :mad:

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 01:47:41 PM
My boat can do thirty knots.  :mad:

Incan torpedo boats can do 60. Yuo = pwned

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 01:47:41 PM
My boat can do thirty knots.  :mad:

So can my canoe.

If you drop it off a cliff.

That reminds me, I need to get down to the damn marina to drop my lower unit in the lake before the goddamn thing freezes.  Keep forgetting :frusty:

 :huh: Isn't your lower unit perfectly safe in your pants?

Quote from: The Brain on December 23, 2009, 02:16:08 PM
:huh: Isn't your lower unit perfectly safe in your pants?

As I was drafting that post I thought to myself "Wait, is Brain going to show up and make a penis joke?"  Then I thought "Probably, but it'll probably be funny, so who cares... roll with it."

I'm a little disappointed by the joke it produced, though.  :(

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 02:18:01 PM

Quote from: The Brain on December 23, 2009, 02:16:08 PM
:huh: Isn't your lower unit perfectly safe in your pants?

As I was drafting that post I thought to myself "Wait, is Brain going to show up and make a penis joke?"  Then I thought "Probably, but it'll probably be funny, so who cares... roll with it."

I'm a little disappointed by the joke it produced, though.  :(

Sorry, I'm not a native speaker.

Quote from: The Brain on December 23, 2009, 02:25:36 PM

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 02:18:01 PM

Quote from: The Brain on December 23, 2009, 02:16:08 PM
:huh: Isn't your lower unit perfectly safe in your pants?

As I was drafting that post I thought to myself "Wait, is Brain going to show up and make a penis joke?"  Then I thought "Probably, but it'll probably be funny, so who cares... roll with it."

I'm a little disappointed by the joke it produced, though.  :(

Sorry, I'm not a native speaker.

you're an excellent naive speaker, though. :hug:

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 06:33:52 AM

Quote from: Pedrito on December 23, 2009, 04:08:34 AM
270 square meters, around 2900 square feet.
Four bedrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, three bathrooms.

L.

:cool: So is that a house then?  I seem to recall seeing American-style subdivisions in certain areas of Italy when I was there... I want to say this was outside of Milan, but can't remember for sure.

It's a large apartment in a townhouse. No lawns for me  :cry:
Single houses are common in the suburbs of most of the cities here.

L.

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 12:20:01 PM

Oh, also, I have a boat.  Mono: worship me PLZ.

I worship you because of your elite job hunting and office-related knowledge, not because of your boat  :P

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Quote from: Pedrito on December 23, 2009, 04:08:34 AM
270 square meters, around 2900 square feet.
Four bedrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, three bathrooms.

L.

:cool: So is that a house then?  I seem to recall seeing American-style subdivisions in certain areas of Italy when I was there... I want to say this was outside of Milan, but can't remember for sure.

It's a large apartment in a townhouse. No lawns for me  :cry:
Single houses are common in the suburbs of most of the cities here.

L.

lawns are overrated in July and when it is 90 plus degrees outside, and the grass is high enough to hide a japanese soldier from WWII in.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2009, 07:22:40 PM
lawns are overrated in July and when it is 90 plus degrees outside, and the grass is high enough to hide a japanese soldier from WWII in.

Get off the couch and mow your lawn.

Quote from: Barrister on December 23, 2009, 07:32:49 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2009, 07:22:40 PM
lawns are overrated in July and when it is 90 plus degrees outside, and the grass is high enough to hide a japanese soldier from WWII in.

Get off the couch and mow your lawn.

:huh:

Ed, you don't have some slave to do the mowing for you?  Yard slaves are: plentiful here.  :cool:

Quote from: Caliga on December 23, 2009, 07:44:21 PM
Ed, you don't have some slave to do the mowing for you?  Yard slaves are: plentiful here.  :cool:

I can pay the neighbor kids to do it, but they destroy the garden.

Besides, I have a riding lawnmower.

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Quote from: Caliga on December 22, 2009, 07:15:43 PM

You seem to be forgetting that a significant percentage (perhaps a majority) of the board's population lives in Europe.

I think my problem is that I thought the living conditions in Europe are similar to North America.

If you remember the first poll, it showed that a majority of ROTWers lived in appartments, while Americans lived in houses. It's definitely easier to get the sizes you look for in houses rather than in appartments.

Yup. Plus most ROTWers live in big cities, which further reduces the sizes available.

Raising kids you made yourself, mowing yards you don't need - I can now see the appeal of married life - it gives you a sense of purpose by requiring you to do stuff you think you need to do, whereas in fact you only do them because of the earlier choices you made. It's like the dailies in World of Warcraft.

Well, I guess at least you are not bored.

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Thank you Syt.